--- title: "1 Stage Work Quotes By Tim Roth" description: "1 Stage Work quotes by Tim Roth. Plus more from Tim Roth and more Stage Work sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/696/tim-roth-16268_actors_i-started-off-on-stage-because-it-was-th_2866171.png" --- > [I started off on stage because it was the only work I could get. I haven't been back for 11 years. I think any stage experience is good experience, as far as being an actor is concerned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/i-started-off-on-stage-because-it-was-the-only-work-i-could-get-i/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/696/tim-roth-16268_actors_i-started-off-on-stage-because-it-was-th_2866171.png) ## More by Tim Roth > [There just seems to be more acceptance now of other kinds of British films, than the picture-postcard ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/there-just-seems-to-be-more-acceptance-now-of-other-kinds-of-british/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) > [Well, I think first it was rare for me to do anything that had any kind of a romantic note to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/well-i-think-first-it-was-rare-for-me-to-do-anything-that-had-any/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) > [I get invited to an awful lot of Jewish functions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/i-get-invited-to-an-awful-lot-of-jewish-functions/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) > [My dad was a Communist Party member who fought for his country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/my-dad-was-a-communist-party-member-who-fought-for-his-country/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) > [A good part of why I never went back to England was part of that, I didn't want to be in those sort of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/a-good-part-of-why-i-never-went-back-to-england-was-part-of-that-i/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) > [I will watch everything that Cary Grant did, or Kubrick made or Bergman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/i-will-watch-everything-that-cary-grant-did-or-kubrick-made-or-bergman/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) > [I miss my family, and I like being a tourist when I go back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/i-miss-my-family-and-i-like-being-a-tourist-when-i-go-back/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) > [Bring back dueling, I say. Drive-by sword fight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/bring-back-dueling-i-say-drive-by-sword-fight/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) > [How would you compare Polanski or Kubrick? I try not to do any comparisons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/how-would-you-compare-polanski-or-kubrick-i-try-not-to-do-any/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) > [I'm sick of very white teeth and lots of gymnasium practice. I'm bored, you know, send in the next one. I wanted a real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/i-m-sick-of-very-white-teeth-and-lots-of-gymnasium-practice-i-m-bored/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) > [If you meet somebody who's spent any length of time in prison, you don't let your guard down. Ever. And really, that's what that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/if-you-meet-somebody-who-s-spent-any-length-of-time-in-prison-you-don/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) > [The first role I ever did... I played a Nazi skinhead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/the-first-role-i-ever-did-i-played-a-nazi-skinhead/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) > [I love the idea of messing around with different mediums.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/i-love-the-idea-of-messing-around-with-different-mediums/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) > [I'd seen musicians act, and it scares me. And they make more money than me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/i-d-seen-musicians-act-and-it-scares-me-and-they-make-more-money-than/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) > [Television has changed. The very nature of it is not even television anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/television-has-changed-the-very-nature-of-it-is-not-even-television/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stage-work/tim-roth/#itemlist", "name": "1 Stage Work Quotes By Tim Roth", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I started off on stage because it was the only work I could get. I haven't been back for 11 years. 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